This is the Vocab24 daily quiz of 24 April 2026, the same 26 questions the app served that day, on the day's vocabulary and editorial. One mark for a right answer, minus 0.25 for a wrong one; the explanation opens as soon as you tap.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Divination
Explanation: Divination means the practice of foretelling, predicting, or discovering hidden knowledge through supernatural or mystical means. Among the given options, Prophecy is the closest in meaning because both relate to foretelling future events.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Incantation
Explanation: Incantation means a spoken formula, spell, or series of words said in a ritual or magical context. Chant is the best option because it captures the idea of repeated or formulaic utterance, which is central to the meaning of incantation.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Quicksilver
Explanation: Quicksilver literally refers to mercury, but figuratively it describes something changeable, lively, or unpredictable. Mercurial matches that figurative sense very well, so the selected answer is appropriate.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given word.
Memoir
Explanation: A memoir is a personal account of memories and experiences from one’s life. Reminiscence is the nearest option because both involve recollection of past events, unlike fiction, fabrication, or fantasy, which are imaginative rather than memory-based.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Outlier
Explanation: An outlier is something that lies outside the normal range, unlike the usual or central pattern. Average works as the opposite because it suggests something typical, regular, or near the norm rather than exceptional or deviant.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Understate
Explanation: To understate is to present something as less important, serious, or large than it really is. Its opposite is Exaggerate, which means to overstate or make something seem greater than it actually is.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Mimicry
Explanation: Mimicry involves imitation or resemblance, while Authenticity refers to genuineness and originality. Since imitation stands in contrast to what is original or genuine, authenticity is the best opposite among the available choices.
Out of the given alternatives select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Occult
Explanation: Occult means hidden, secret, or mysterious. Manifest means clear, visible, or obvious. These are opposite ideas, so the selected answer is correct.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
Changing very quickly and unpredictably; lively and hard to control.
Explanation: Something that changes very quickly and unpredictably, and is lively and difficult to control, is well described by Quicksilver in its figurative sense. None of the other options fits that definition.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A person, thing, or result that is very different from others in a group.
Explanation: A person, thing, or result that is markedly different from others in a group is an Outlier. This matches the definition exactly.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
The action or skill of imitating someone or something; in biology, it also means resemblance that helps an organism survive.
Explanation: The definition refers to imitation in general and also to adaptive resemblance in biology. Mimicry is exactly the right term for both senses.
Out of given alternatives, choose the word which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
A strong desire to travel and explore the world.
Explanation: A strong desire to travel and explore the world is called Wanderlust. The other options do not match this idea.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
She remained a ________ all her life
Explanation: The sentence requires a noun referring to an unmarried woman in traditional usage. Among the choices, spinster fits grammatically and semantically. Though the word is now old-fashioned and often avoided in modern usage, it is still the best answer here.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
Do you ____________ own a copy of Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Explanation: Perchance means by any chance and fits naturally in the sentence Do you perchance own a copy… The other options do not work grammatically in this structure.
A statement with one blank is given below. Choose the set of words from the given options which can be used to fill the given blank.
How much longer ________ this book ?
Explanation: The sentence asks about future duration in a polite conversational way. Will you be needing is the most natural and grammatically correct form. The other options are either awkward or incorrect in tense and usage.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
Take French leave
Explanation: Take French leave means to go away or absent oneself without asking permission or without proper notice. Among the options, being absent without permission is the closest meaning.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
He worked hard to <strong> feather his nest</strong>.
Explanation: Feather his nest means to enrich oneself, often by securing personal benefit. Option (c) is not perfect, but among the given choices it is the nearest acceptable meaning.
Out of given alternatives select the option which best expresses the meaning of given idiom/ phrase.
He advised her to give <strong>a wide berth</strong> to malicious people.
Explanation: Give a wide berth means to avoid someone or something and keep one’s distance. Therefore to stay away from is the correct answer.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
The website, which does not (1)/ accept advertisements and is funded (2)/ entirety by donations, describes itself (3)/ as the fifth most popular website on the planet (4)/No error (5)
Explanation: It should be entirely by donations. Therefore the error lies in option (d).
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
This book is different than that.
Explanation: In formal exam-style English, the preferred construction is different from rather than different than. So the faulty part is than that , and option (d) is the correct answer.
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'd' as the answer.
When one takes great risks they must be prepared for great losses.
Explanation: The subject one is singular, so the later pronoun should agree with it. They must be prepared creates inconsistency in formal grammar. The correct structure would be one must be prepared , so option (c) is right.
In the following passage, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. <br><br><br> Every profession of trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a amthematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly include din every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on teh outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. <br><br> Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabuulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabularly. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.
Special words used in technical discussion
Explanation: The passage clearly says that technical vocabulary in old occupations is now used by the average person and that some special dialects have become familiar to cultivated persons. So the best conclusion is that such words may become part of common speech.
In the following passage, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. <br><br><br> Every profession of trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a amthematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly include din every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on teh outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. <br><br> Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabuulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabularly. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.
The writer of this article is
Explanation: The passage discusses vocabulary, nomenclature, dialects, jargon, and the movement of technical words into broader usage. That focus best suits a linguist, not a scientist, politician, or businessman.
In the following passage, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. <br><br><br> Every profession of trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a amthematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly include din every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on teh outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. <br><br> Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabuulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabularly. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.
This passage is primarily concerned with
Explanation: The passage is centered on technical vocabulary, its function, its precision, and its spread into general usage. Therefore technical terminology is the main concern of the passage.
In the following passage, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. <br><br><br> Every profession of trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a amthematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly include din every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on teh outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. <br><br> Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabuulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabularly. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.
It is true that
Explanation: The passage explicitly states that the average man now uses in his own vocabulary what was once technical language. So option (c) directly reflects the author’s point.
In the following passage, you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives. <br><br><br> Every profession of trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a amthematical formula. Besides, they save time, for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly include din every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on teh outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders. <br><br> Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabuulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabularly. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.
In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of technical terms in the nomenclature of
Explanation: This standard passage-question set is keyed with Government as the correct answer, and the original answer given in your file matches that accepted answer.
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